National Instruments PC-DIO-24/PnP - Manual (Page 99)

Glossary
PC-DIO-24/PnP User Manual G-4 © National Instruments Corporation
K kilo—the prefix for 1,024, or 2
10
, used with B in quantifying data or
computer memory
kbytes 1,024 bytes
kbytes/s a unit for data transfer that means 1,000 or 10
3
bytes/s
L
LabVIEW laboratory virtual instrument engineering workbench
LSB least significant bit
M
m meters
M (1) Mega, the standard metric prefix for 1 million or 10
6
, when used
with units of measure such as volts and hertz; (2) mega, the prefix for
1,048,576, or 2
20
, when used with B to quantify data or computer
memory
MB megabytes of memory
MSB most significant bit
N
NI-DAQ National Instruments driver software for DAQ hardware
O
operating system base-level software that controls a computer, runs programs, interacts
with users, and communicates with installed hardware or peripheral
devices
P
PPI programmable peripheral interface